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Publication | September 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Romance |
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Comic Story | Ring Around My Heart (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Romance |
Notes | Original title: "Jealousy Taught Me to Love." |
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Comic Story | My Stand-in for Love (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Orphan Rita wants to become an actress for “fame and money.” After freezing during an amateur contest, she thinks boyfriend Sam is mocking her. Working as a carhop, Rita pretends to faint and gets a screen test but the producer says he doesn’t believe she really wants to be an actress. Sam finds Rita and says “being a wife is a career in itself!” Sam and Rita will wed. |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Rita Stewart; Sam Bishop; N.G. Stellar |
Notes | Original title: "Love Came Second." Story credit by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist. |
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Featuring | Comedy Column |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Joke page with illustrated border |
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Featuring | Gag-Bag |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Joke page with illustrated border |
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Comic Story | The Face of an Angel (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Jon has been mocked for his unattractive face since childhood. He becomes an engineer but is “discovered” by a film producer and is hired as a screen villain. Actress Gina is kind to him, and when Jon is badly burned saving others in a studio fire, she visits him in the hospital. Plastic surgery makes him handsome, and Gina is rewarded for her devotion. |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jon Koslo; C.B. Mille; Percy Westover; Vivian; Sue; Gina Kenny; Dr. Kerr; Mr. Flemming |
Notes | Original title: "Too Ugly to Love." Credits by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist.
Some of the character names are parodies of actual people in the film industry: C.B. Mille (Cecil B. DeMille), Percy Westover (Perc Westmore), Mr. Flemming (Victor Fleming). |
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Comic Story | My Boomerang Lies (7 pages) |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Georgia Thurman; Carl; Susan Chambers; Thelma; Wilbur Burns |
Notes | Original title: "What Happens to Love When Lies Come True?" Credit by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist. |
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